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[email protected] Press release Gangneung, February 16, 2017 ISU Four Continents Figure Skating Championships 2017 Ice Dance Short Dance #4ContsFigure The ISU Four Continents Figure Skating Championships 2017 opened in Gangneung, Korea, Thursday with the Short Dance. The Four Continents Championships 2017 serve as a test event for the 2018 Olympic Winter Games. Tessa Virtue/Scott Moir (CAN) dance to lead in Short Dance Tessa Virtue/Scott Moir of Canada danced to the lead in the Short Dance. USA’s Maia Shibutani/ Alex Shibutani and Madison Chock/Evan Bates follow in second and third. Dancing to “Kiss”, “Five Women” and “Purple Rain” by Prince, Virtue/Moir picked up a level four for the side by side step sequence, the Blues pattern, the twizzles and the spin, only the partial step sequence was rated a level three. The ISU Grand Prix Final Champions scored 79.75 points. “Tessa and I were pretty happy actually with our performance. We made a little bit of a technical error in the middle of it, so it’s not ideal obviously, especially in the short program where we really have to capitalize on those technical points. But we kind of came out and felt like we attacked it. We’ve been training this program really hard.